Recent content by fhester

Thank you - it does help; I had actually written off aga/rayburn/stanley/redfire etc but seems they may have more options than i'd realised. - Going to price up and see what happens. Many thanks Felicity

i was told that by the roofer but didn't know if that was just because he wanted my money!! thanks for confirming!!

Grant for condensing boiler sounds good if we cant get the aga - what does/is best for it to run on though?

Thanks - we have considered a rayburn/aga but have been told that because the kitchen is at the far end and like yourselves, its a bungalow, and the bedrooms are at the other end - it wouldn't heat the rooms effectively; any thoughts on oil central heating?

Hi, Have been told that the torching on our roof has gone and will need slates taken off - felt laid and the slates put back on again; someone has mentioned the possibility of using an expanding foam (said it was a bit like honeycomb?) instead as its cheaper - any advice? :roll:

Hi, Am completely gutting two cottages to turn into one - currently no heating at all - we have no access to mains gas but will need to chose between bottled Gas and oil, Any ideas? - we're more concerned with keeping running costs down than installations (though not to extremes) but...

Hi, Have been told that the floor in three rooms needs to come up and have concrete membrane put in, have been quoted quite high for floor to come up - is there any reason I can't do this myself - have time and energy but no money!! if so.. what have I got to do? :?